The Legend of Swallow Li the Third 燕子李三
The legend of Swallow Li the Third 燕子李三 has long captured the imaginations of many...
The Complex Legacy of Thieves in Ancient China
Thieves in ancient China developed an extensive variety of skills and classifications. This ‘professionalisation’ of...
Lu Ban Shu 魯班書 – Book of Mystery
Lu Ban Shu 魯班書, or the "Book of Lu Ban," is a collection of texts...
Péng Yúnzhōng 彭雲中: The Righteous Thief
In the annals of Chinese folklore, the figure of Péng Yúnzhōng 彭雲中 emerges as a...
‘Breaking the window paper’ 捅破窗紙
In many film and television dramas, assassins clad in black night clothes are depicted lurking...
Flea on a Drum 鼓上的蚤
Shi Qian 史阡, nicknamed gǔ shàng de zhǎo 鼓上的蚤 or ‘Flea on a Drum‘ ,...
Nie Yinniang 聶隱娘: The Legendary Female Assassin of Tang Dynasty 唐朝 fiction.
The story of Nie Yinniang 聶隱娘, immortalized in Chinese literature, has fascinated readers for centuries....
Stealth in Wuxia Films
The wuxia 武俠 genre, a staple of Chinese cinema, portrays martial artists navigating a world...